|  | 7.5 | Monitoring and Managing an IPX Network
| 7.5.1 | Writing valid IOS commands for monitoring the status of an IPX interface

Cisco IOS software includes a variety of tools for configuring, monitoring, and managing the network. These tools make NetWare networks easier to set up and can be essential when unforeseen network conditions are encountered.
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The show ipx interface command shows the status of IPX interface and IPX parameters configured on each interface. In the output, the first highlighted line shows the IPX address, the type of encapsulation, and the status of the interface. The second highlighted area shows that the SAP filters are not set. The last highlighted line shows that fast switching is enabled. You can manually set the tick metric to configure the tick delay on an interface. You use the command ipx delay number, where number is the ticks to associate with an interface. This command manually overrides the following defaults on the Cisco router:

- For LAN interfaces, 1 tick
- For WAN interfaces, 6 ticks